The Ashburn golfer and Digby native wanted a victory in his final provincial junior tournament and post four rounds under par in the process. The 18-year-old did just that Thursday, firing a 1-under 71 to easily capture the Dartmouth Dodge Junior Championships by 16 strokes at Paragon Golf and Country Club.

“At the start, I was a little nervous but it was pretty smooth sailing once I got comfortable,” said Creighton, who had three rounds of 71 and a 69 on Wednesday to finish at 6-under for the 72-hole tournament.

“I didn’t want to get defensive out there. I knew I got to 5 under (after three rounds) by being aggressive and hitting at pins and being aggressive on putts. If I could keep being aggressive and keep doing what I did the first three days, things would go the same. When I hit bad shots, it’s because I’m not committed to the shot and being defensive. I didn’t want to do that today.”

Creighton, who already has provincial midget and juveniles titles on his resume, finished with four birdies and three bogeys for his final round. He tied Kevin Dugas’ 1982 record of lowest score in relation to par (6 under) and his 16-shot margin was the largest since 1950 when Bob Rae won by 18 strokes at Lingan.

Oakfield’s Ian Lewis carded a final-round 81 to finish second. He was followed by Ryan Nowe of Osprey Ridge (72-302) and Shaun Margeson of Oakfield (76-305). Creighton, Lewis and Nowe will make up the provincial team that will compete at the Canadian junior boys’ championship, July 29 to Aug. 1 in Niagara Falls, Ont. Margeson is the alternate.

• In the junior girls’ championship, Ken-Wo’s Meghan McLean captured her first provincial title in dramatic fashion.

The 15-year-old defeated Chester’s Allison Chandler in the third playoff hole at Paragon.

After they each parred the first two holes (Nos. 1 and 9), both McLean and Chandler were able to reach the No. 1 green in regulation. McLean was able to par but Chandler’s tricky five-foot downhill slider missed and she settled for bogey.

“It was very scary,” a relieved McLean said. “It wasn’t anything I expected. Alison’s putting was on fire all week and for her to three-putt that one, I was definitely surprised.

“I putted really well and chipped really well all week. In the playoff, I was pretending like it was a new round. I didn’t think about the rest of the round.”

McLean had a chance to win it outright after a Chandler bogey on 16 gave McLean a one-stroke lead with two holes to play. They each had par on 17 but McLean double-bogeyed the par-4 18th while Chandler bogeyed to set up extra holes. They each shot a final-round 80.